LONDON - Jordan's King Abdullah II expressed his fears about the future of the Middle East amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Shiite militia Hezbollah, in an interview with the BBC on Tuesday.
"Each time we have a crisis it gets far more unstable and the end game or where we're going to be leading a region is dim," he told the broadcaster.
"I can't read the political map of the Middle East anymore because I see all the heavy clouds over our shoulders at this stage.
"I fear for the future of the Middle East."
Israel continued its aerial bombing campaign of southern Lebanon in its battle with Hezbollah, now in its fourth week.
08/08/2006 19:02 GMT